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SHIRT CUFF.

APPLICATION men OCT. 1:, I920.

91,205. PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

GEORGE NEWMAN BYW HIS ATTORNEYS.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE NEWMAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHIRT-CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed October 11, 1920. Serial No. 416,190.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in mens outer shirts and more particularly to shirt cuffs, of the soft or French type.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an adjustable cuff which when the exposed or outer portion thereof becomes soiled or frayed, may be easily and quickly adjusted so as to hide the soiled part and present a fresh clean portion for use.

With the present popular style of shirt the cufls are permanently attached and often become soiled before the shirt proper becomes soiled or has been worn long enough to warrant changing thereof. Therefore, in order to provide fresh clean cuffs these shirts must be frequently changed and laundried, with the result that the laundrying expense and the trouble and time for changing the garment are a source of objection and annoyance. Furthermore, these cuffs often wear out or fray at the outer edges before the shirt itself wears out and the shirt has to be discarded or an expense incurred to mend the shirt. With my invention I eliminate these objections and difficulties and increase the serviceability and life of the shirt;

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an adjustable cuff of the character described in which the len th of the sleeve is varied in proportion to the adjustment of the cuff, in a simple, and easily effected manner, whereby the proper length of sleeve and proper cuff exposure is provided at all times.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cuff of the character described in which the adjusting means is at all times hidden from view under the outer fold of the cuff, whereby the neatness of the cuff and sleeve is not impaired.

The invention possesses other advantages and features some of which, with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings 51.69011 panying and forming a part of the present specification. In said drawings I .have shownone form of the construction of my invention, but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself tosuch form since the inventlon as expressed in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cuff of my invention showing it as it would appear 1 n normal position of use; and broken away in part to show the adjusting means.

Flg. 2 is a similar. perspective view showing the cuff in its second oradjusted position, part of the cuff being broken away to show the adjusting means.

fig. 3 is a top plan View of the cuff spread ou I In one practicable embodiment of the invention there is provided the usual sleeve 1 and the foldable, soft or, French cuff 2, stitched along the seam 3 to the sleeve 1 in the usual manner. In the cuff 2, I provide 3 button holes respectively designated 4, 5, 6. These button holes are so arranged that when the cuff is adjusted and fastened by the cuff buttons 7, in its first position of adjustment and use, the holes 4, and 5, are brought into registration and receive said cuff buttons 7 In this position the outer fold'of the cufi' has the holes 5, and 6, therein, with the hole 6 rearwardly disposed so as to be hidden by the sleeve of the coat not shown, whereas the hole 1 is in the inner fold and in registration with the hole 5.

hen the exposed or outer edge of the cuff as used in the first position shown in Fig. 1, becomes soiled or frayed the cuff is adjusted so as to shorten or turn under the outer fold and to bring the button holes 5 and 6 in registration. as shown in Fig. 9..

This adjustment disposes the soiled portion inwardly from the outer edge of the cuff and causes a fresh clean edge and cuff portion to be presented.

Inasmuch as this adjustment tends to lengthen the sleeve and provide greater cuff exposure than is the case with the first position and use of the cuff as shown in Fig. 1, means is provided fortaking up or shortening the sleeve in proportion to the lengthening of the cuff. This means comprises a flap or hand 8 stitched along one edge to the fold of the cuff. When the cuffbecomes soiled or frayed at the exposed edge, the button 7 is removed and the cufi adjusted to turn under the soiled edge and present a fresh clean edge as shown in Fig. 2. This adjustment is gaged by registration of the holes 5 and 6 and when said holes register the buttons 7 are employed in the usual manner to hold the cuff in adjusted position.

After this adjustment is made the flap, 8 is moved toward the buttons 10 and the buttons are fastened in. the holes 9 therefor. This gathers or folds the sleeve as shown at A in Fig. 2 and shortens the sleeve so that the length thereof and the extent of cuff exposed is the same as in the first position and use of the cuff. (See Fig. 1;)

The outer fold will cover and concealthe flap 9 and buttons 10 as shown in-Fi 2.

By thus alternating the cuff edges in use thereof, the cuff will not be so apt to wean out or fray at the exposed edge as when the one edge is used altogether.

The space between the button holes 9 and buttons 10 is the same' as the spaces between the button holes tand 5, so that the shortening of the sleeve is in proportion to the lengthening of the cuff provided when the second cuff adjustment is made. i

I claim:

1. A shirt sleeve having a turned back cuff arranged'so that it may be folded to present a clean cuff edge when the original edge has become soiled or worn and means carried by the sleeve and cuff for adjusting the length of the sleeve when the cuff is adjusted. from normal position so that the tary fastening devices carried by the sleeve and cuff and arranged to engage one another after a transverse fold of the sleeve between said devices, said devices being arranged sitions of use, said cuff having a plurality of button-holes therein certain of which are arranged to aline when the cuff is folded in different positions, a plurality of buttons attached to the cuff at the point where the latter is joined to the sleeve and a strip attached to the sleeve at a point above the buttons and having button holes therein adapted to receive said buttons.

GEORGE NEWMAN. 

